Bill Keller

My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ”

I make a joke that I'm the Internet curmudgeon, but 'wary' is a good way to put it. ”

Anyone with an Internet service provider can be a pundit or whatever they want. ”

Every technology, including the printing press, comes at some price. ”

Everything is accessible to everyone all the time, and I think there are wondrous things to treasure with what the Internet has made available to journalists. But I think it's also had some effects that are less pleasant. It has chipped away at a sense of privacy and secrecy. ”

For all of the woes besetting our business, I believe with all my heart that newspapers - whether they are distributed to your doorstep, your laptop, your iPhone or a chip implanted in your cerebral cortex - will be around for a long time. ”

The most obvious drawback of social media is that they are aggressive distractions. ”

My view of social media is that it is a set of tools, not a religion. ”

I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media. ”

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it. ”